Overview

Access to information is important to people of all abilities. BlackBerry® smartphones, enable customers with and without disabilities to stay in touch with information, colleagues and friends while on the go.

BlackBerry Messenger – No matter who you’re chatting with, BBM® is designed to quickly get your messages to where they’re going. With BBM, you’ll know when your message has been delivered and read. Easily switch your BBM text to a BBM® Voice or BBM® Video conversation.1

Alerts and Notifications – Customize alerts and notifications using tone, vibration and onscreen alerts. Know who is calling you without needing to look at the screen on your smartphone by assigning unique ringtones to your contacts.

BlackBerry Keyboard and Typing Options – Type more efficiently with contextual autocorrection, next-word prediction, and a personalized learning engine that gets to know the way you type.

Google Now – Perform a variety of actions and tasks with your voice. Use Google Now to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions.

Hearing and Speech

BlackBerry Messenger – No matter who you’re talking to, BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) is designed to get your messages to where they’re going in no time. With BBM, you’ll know exactly when your message has been delivered and read1.

Vision

BrailleBack – Connect a supported braille display via Bluetooth to navigate and interact with your device using the keys on the display. BrailleBack works with TalkBack to provide a combined speech and braille experience.

Magnification – Zoom in or zoom out to increase or decrease the display magnification.

Text Features – Personalize how text is displayed on your screen with high contrast text, colour inversion and colour correction options.

Mobility

BlackBerry Keyboard and Typing Options – Type more efficiently with contextual autocorrection, next-word prediction, and a personalized learning engine that gets to know the way you type. Your device gives you the option of using the touch screen keyboard or the slide-out touch keyboard with tactilely discernible keys.

Word Substitution – Replace specific text with preloaded text using Word Substitution to simplify typing and minimize the number of keystrokes required to write a message.

Google Now – Perform a variety of actions and tasks with your voice. Use Google Now to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions.

New BlackBerry Keyboard – Type more efficiently with contextual auto-correction, next-word prediction, and a personalized learning engine that gets to know the way you type. Try the on-screen BlackBerry Keyboard (portrait/landscape) on the BlackBerry Leap, or enter text with keys you can feel on the BlackBerry Passport and BlackBerry Classic. Learn more